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On Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media behemoth will end its third party fact-checking program in the U.S. and instead adopt a crowd-sourced “community notes” program. The inspiration for such a decision? Elon Musk’s X. “We’ve

Trump says meeting with Putin being arranged  BBC.com

Trump says Putin meeting being set up to end Ukraine war  NBC News

Goose-stepping has a bad rap in the West, thanks to Nazi Germany. In Taiwan, it’s a beloved tradition that army veterans are fighting to keep.

Jimmy Carter’s four years in the White House were largely defined by an event that took place halfway through his term. On November 4th, 1979 Iranian college students took over the US Embassy in Tehran, and took 52 Americans hostage.

a baby girl, born at sea on an overcrowded rubber dinghy, has been rescued with her mother.

Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in hush money case, Supreme Court says in 5-4 ruling  CNN

The number of dead tied to the wildfires increases as local officials warn the toll will increase. About 180,000 people have had to evacuate. (Image credit: Ethan Swope)

The scale of the infernos devastating Southern California is almost unimaginable. Since Tuesday, Jan. 7, nine fires in and around Los Angeles County—including five that remain uncontained—have so far burned approximately 29,000 acres, according to CAL FIRE, a web service

Women from a Kyiv suburb traumatized by a 2022 massacre by Russian troops joined a volunteer air defense unit to take down Russia’s drones — and deal with their fears. (Image credit: Oksana Parafeniuk for NPR)